The last open youth competitions took place over the weekend of 21 and 22 November 2015, both Leeds Wall and the Climbing Works were packed to the rafters with young kids eager to compete.
Saturday started early at Leeds Wall and the cold temperatures did not put off some fantastic performances in all the categories from the 130 entrants. The finals were a tense affair with some great results - with the stand out performance of the day being David Taylor having just come back from injury going from a qualifying position of 5th to win the Youth A category! Caitlin Connor from Youth C also put in an amazing performance on the finger crack of doom to again come from 5th to 1st in her final!
Lead results
Female Youth C
1st - Caitlin Connor
2nd - Robin Casey
3rd - Emma Futcher
Female Youth B
1st - Emily Phillips
2nd - Isabelle Adams
3rd - Kitty Morrison
Female Youth A
1st - Hannah Slaney
2nd - Thea Cameron
3rd - Rebecca Kinghorn
Female Junior
1st - Anne-Sophie Koller
2nd - Molly Thompson-Smith
3rd - Flo Tilley
Male Youth C
1st - Joshua Ibbertson
2nd - Daniel Smith
3rd - Joseph Xiberras
Male Youth B
1st - Hamish McArthur
2nd - James Bateman
3rd - Ellliot Verry
Male Youth A
1st - David Taylor
2nd - Aiden Dunne
3rd - Stan Harris
Male Junior
1st - William Bosi
2nd - Jim Pope
3rd - Peter Dawson
Sunday was even busier with a record 184 competitors crammed in the Climbing Works for an action packed qualifying session, which led to an even more exciting set of finals. The stand out performance of the day went to young Robin Casey who, although she had won anyway, came within a whisker of latching the final hold of the final problem in a fantastic show of gritty determination! William Bosi showed that he was also in a class of his own this weekend with a double win in both lead and boulder in the Male Junior Category.
Boulder results
Female Youth C
1st - Robin Casey
2nd - Matilda Collins
3rd - Megan Wyatt
Female Youth B
1st - Holly Toothil
2nd - Emily Phillips
3rd - Pippa Watkin
Female Youth A
1st - Alexia Basch
2nd - Jo Neame
3rd - Hannah Slaney
Female Junior
1st - Molly Thompson-Smith
2nd - Tara Hayes
3rd - Anne-Sophie Koller
Male Youth C
1st - Joseph Xiberras
2nd - Daniel Smith
3rd - Dayan Akhtar
Male Youth B
1st - Nathan Whaley
2nd - Finley Wood
3rd - Hamish Mcathur
Male Youth A
1st - Jack Ramsden
2nd - David Miedzybrodzki
3rd - George Morris
Male Junior
1st - William Bosi
2nd - Jim Pope
3rd - Aidan Roberts
Congratulations to all the podium places this weekend and the new GB Junior Bouldering and Lead climbing teams on the BMC website today!
The lead competition was hosted by The Leeds Wall on the Saturday. Results can be found here.
The bouldering competition took place at The Climbing Works, Sheffield. Results can be found here.
The British Junior Climbing Team is supported by the BMC and the Route Setting Association. Many UK walls also support the British Climbing Team through free or subsidised entry.
The ropes for this event were provided by Mammut as the official supplier of ropes to BMC climbing competitions. The prizes were provided by DMM as the official supplier of climbing gear to BMC climbing competitions.
FURTHER INFORMATION
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TWITTER: Follow the BMC Competitions Twitter feed: @BMC_Comps
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Rob Adie (BMC Competition Climbing Officer) tel: 0161 438 3318 / email: rob@thebmc.co.uk
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